fix: relax openai version constraint to allow 2.x for litellm[proxy] compatibility

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fix: relax openai version constraint to allow 2.x for litellm[proxy] compatibility

Summary

Fixes #4079 - CrewAI could not be installed alongside litellm[proxy]>=1.74.9 due to conflicting openai version requirements.

The openai dependency constraint was changed from ~=1.83.0 (which resolves to >=1.83.0,<1.84.0) to >=1.83.0,<3. This allows:

• Backward compatibility with openai 1.83.x
• Support for openai 2.x required by litellm[proxy]
• Upper bound <3 to prevent future breaking changes

Added 5 tests to verify:

• The version constraint allows openai 2.8.0
• All OpenAI SDK imports used by crewAI's provider are valid
• OpenAI clients can be instantiated
• crewAI's OpenAICompletion provider loads and instantiates correctly

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Verify the fix resolves the original issue: Try uv add 'litellm[proxy]>=1.74.9' followed by uv add 'crewai[tools]' in a fresh project to confirm no dependency conflict
• Check instructor version in uv.lock: The old instructor 1.12.0 required openai<2.0.0. Verify the new lock resolves to an instructor version compatible with openai 2.x
• Test actual LLM calls with openai 2.x: The new tests only verify imports/instantiation, not actual API calls. Consider running existing OpenAI provider tests to ensure no runtime regressions
• Review uv.lock changes: The lock file was fully regenerated (not incrementally updated), which updated many unrelated packages. Verify this is acceptable or consider a more targeted update

Recommended test plan: Create a fresh virtualenv, install crewai with the new constraint alongside litellm[proxy], and run a simple crew with an OpenAI agent to verify end-to-end functionality.

Notes

• Smoke test with openai 2.8.0 confirmed all imports from crewai.llms.providers.openai.completion work correctly
• The <3 upper bound follows best practices for library dependencies to prevent silent breaks on future major versions

Link to Devin run: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/a408495cc237451389a7c33a747dcac9
Requested by: João (joao@crewai.com)

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